Part I Requirements relating to obligatory rear position lamps and to optional rear position lamps to the extent specified in part ii

Number–

A bus first used before 1st April 1955:

A solo motor bicycle:

A pedal cycle with less than four wheels and without a sidecar:

A trailer drawn by a pedal cycle and a trailer, the overall width of which does not exceed 800 mm, drawn by a solo motor bicycle or by a motor bicycle combination:

An invalid carriage having a maximum speed not exceeding 4 mph:

A vehicle drawn or propelled by hand:

A motor vehicle having three or more wheels and a maximum speed not exceeding 25 mph and a trailer drawn by any such vehicle if, in either case, the structure of the vehicle makes it impracticable to meet all of the relevant requirements of paragraphs 2 and 3 below with two lamps:

Position–

Lateral–

A motor vehicle first used before 1st April 1986 and any other vehicle manufactured before 1st October 1985:

Minimum separation distance between a pair of rear position lamps–

A motor vehicle first used before 1st April 1986 and any other vehicle manufactured before 1st October 1985:

Where one lamp is required to be fitted:

Where four lamps are required to be fitted–

The other pair of lamps:

Minimum separation distance between rear position lamps–

The other pair of lamps:

Vertical–

A bus first used before 1st April 1986:

A motor vehicle first used before 1st April 1986 not being a bus, a trailer manufactured before 1st October 1985, an agricultural vehicle, a horse-drawn vehicle, an industrial tractor and engineering plant:

Maximum height above the ground where four rear position lamps are required to be fitted–

The other pair of lamps:

Minimum height above the ground–

A motor vehicle first used before 1st April 1986 and any other vehicle manufactured before 1st October 1985

Angles of visibility–

Where one lamp is required to be fitted:

Where four lamps are required to be fitted–

The inner pair of lamps:

Vertical–

Where the highest part of the illuminated area of the lamp is less than 1500 mm above the ground:

Where the highest part of the illuminated area of the lamp is less than 750 mm above the ground:

Where four rear position lamps are required to be fitted–

The other pair of lamps:

A motor vehicle, other than a motor bicycle combination, first used before 1st April 1986 and any other vehicle manufactured before 1st October 1985:

A vehicle drawn or propelled by hand, a pedal cycle, a horse-drawn vehicle and a motor bicycle combination:

Alignment:

Markings F1(see also regulation 3(6))–

A motor vehicle first used before 1st January 1974 and a trailer, other than a trailer drawn by a pedal cycle, manufactured before that date:

A solo motor bicycle and a motor bicycle combination, in each case first used before 1st April 1986, and a trailer manufactured before 1st October 1985 and drawn by a solo motor bicycle or a motor bicycle combination:

A pedal cycle, a trailer drawn by a pedal cycle, an invalid carriage having a maximum speed not exceeding 4 mph, a horse-drawn vehicle and a vehicle drawn or propelled by hand F3in each case manufactured before 1st October 1995:

A pedal cycle, a trailer drawn by a pedal cycle, an invalid carriage having a maximum speed not exceeding 4 mph, a horse-drawn vehicle and a vehicle drawn or propelled by hand in each case manufactured on or after 1st October 1995.

Size of illuminated area:

Colour:

Wattage:

Intensity–

Any other rear position lamp:

Electrical connections:

Tell-tale: